tepid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtɛpɪd/ UK /ˈtɛpɪd/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
lukewarm; lacking enthusiasm

The audience gave the speech only a tepid response.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lukewarm; lacking enthusiasm lukewarmwarmishunenthusiastic indifferent apathetic halfhearted cool

Opposites

hot fervent enthusiastic ardent

Word family

Derived forms tepidlytepiditytepidness

Related forms tepefy

Etymology

From Latin tepidus ('lukewarm'), from tepere ('to be warm'), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- ('to be warm').

tepidus Latin *tep- Proto-Indo-European

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# tepid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈtɛpɪd
**IPA (UK):** ˈtɛpɪd

## Meanings
1. lukewarm; lacking enthusiasm

## Examples
- The audience gave the speech only a tepid response.

## Synonyms
- lukewarm
- warmish
- unenthusiastic
- indifferent
- apathetic
- halfhearted
- cool

## Antonyms
- hot
- fervent
- enthusiastic
- ardent

## Derived Forms
- tepidly
- tepidity
- tepidness

## Related Forms
- tepefy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tepidus
- Root: *tep-

## Etymology
From Latin tepidus ('lukewarm'), from tepere ('to be warm'), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- ('to be warm').

## AI Etymology
Tepid comes from Latin tepidus ('lukewarm'), from tepere ('to be warm'), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- ('to be warm'). The historical chain includes Latin tepidus and Proto-Indo-European *tep-. The quoted older senses, "lukewarm" and "to be warm", supply the semantic anchors for tepid. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word tepid carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "lukewarm; lacking enthusiasm". English derivatives include tepidly, tepidity, and tepidness; related English forms include tepefy. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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